European route E47

European route E47 is a road (part of the United Nations international E-road network) connecting Lübeck in Germany to Helsingborg in Sweden via the Danish capital, Copenhagen. It is also known as the Vogelfluglinie (German) or Fugleflugtslinjen (Danish). The road is of motorway standard all the way except for in Germany and 6 km (4 miles) of city roads in Helsingør; there are also two ferry connections.
Improvements
A fixed link between Germany and Denmark was planned to have been completed by 2020, now delayed to 2029. It will be a tunnel rather than a bridge.
The road across Fehmarn will be widened from two to four lanes before the tunnel opens. A construction start ceremony was held for this on 25 august 2023.
Although a bridge-tunnel combination (the Øresund Bridge) has been constructed between Denmark and Sweden further south, a very frequent ferry service continues to operate between Helsingør in Denmark and the northern terminus of the E47 at Helsingborg in Sweden. There are plans to build a tunnel here as well, the HH Tunnel, which does not have any financing approved or time plan set.
Other road numbers
The ferry route Helsingborg–Helsingør is part of E47 according to the UN definition, and signposted so in Denmark, but the ferry is not signposted with any road number in Sweden. The ferry was part of E4 until 1992, but was signposted so for several further years in Sweden.
The Danish E-roads have no other national numbers (the national number is the same as the E-number, here 47, but only the E-sign is posted). Between Helsingborg and Eskilstrup on the island of Falster, 160 km, the E47 shares road with the E55. Since 2018 E55 is not signposted between Helsingør and Køge. Between Køge and Copenhagen (29 km), also the E20 shares the same road. Danish roads 9 and 19 share roads with the E47 short parts.
In Germany the motorway has the national number BAB 1. The part without motorway has the national number B 207. This part is a kind of expressway without any roads crossing on the same level. It has a number of road crossings built like motorway exits.
At the introduction of the new numbering scheme in 1992, the E47 was originally devised to continue from Helsingborg northward through Sweden and Norway to Gothenburg, Oslo, Trondheim and finally Olderfjord, replacing almost all of the old European route E6. After negotiations between UNECE and the Swedish and Norwegian authorities, this plan was abandoned, and the E6 remains designated as such, both on signage and in the official documents, throughout its entire old length in Scandinavia (including the snippets Trelleborg–Malmö and Malmö–Helsingborg, which are concurrent with the E22 and the E20 respectively, and were never intended to become parts of the E47). A similar solution was made for the E4 through Sweden. These two roads are the most conspicuous exceptions to the rule that even numbers signify west-to-east E-roads.
Exits and service areas in Denmark
3 Espergærde
4 Kvistgård
5 Humlebæk
6 Nivå
7 Kokkedal
9 Hørsholm C
| Isterød
10 Hørsholm S
12 Vedbæk
13 Gl. Holte
14 Nærum
| Lærkereden/Storkereden
15 Lundtofte
16 Lyngby C
Kgs. Lyngby København
17 Jægersborgvej
18 Nyborgvej
19 Buddinge
Gladsaxe Hillerød Copenhagen
20 Gladsaxe
21 Frederikssundvej
23 Jyllingevej
Rødovre Frederikssund, Ballerup
24 Roskildevej
Brøndby Roskilde Copenhagen
Avedøre Malmö
25 Vallensbæk S
26 Ishøj Strand
Ishøj Ballerup, Ishøj
27 Greve N
28 Greve C
29 Greve S
| Karlslunde
30 Solrød N
31 Solrød S Roskilde
32 Køge
Køge Vest Odense
33 Lellinge
34 Herfølge
35 Haslev
| Piberhus
36 Bregentved
Næstved Næstved (planned)
37 Rønnede
38 Tappernøje |
39 Bårse
40 Udby
41 Vordingborg
Northern Farø bridge
42 Farø
Southern Farø bridge
43 Nørre Alslev
44 Eskildstrup Nykøbing F, Gedser
45 Guldborg, Majbølle
46 Sakskøbing
47 Våbensted
48 Maribo Tårs (ferry port)
49 Holeby
50 Rødbyhavn
Exits and service areas in Germany
Common with road 207
1 Puttgarden ferry port
2 Burg auf Fehmarn
3 Avendorf
Fehmarn Sound bridge
Petrol station
4 Großenbrode
Common with Bundesautobahn 1
See the Bundesautobahn 1 article for the exit list.
Termini
The northern terminus is at the ferry port in Helsingborg, where the European route E4 begins. The southern terminus is at E22 north of Lübeck.
References
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
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